OMIA:001638-9838 : Coat colour, piebald in Camelus dromedarius (Arabian camel)

In other species: sheep , golden hamster

Categories: Pigmentation phene

Links to MONDO diseases: No links.

Mendelian trait/disorder: unknown

Considered a defect: unknown

Genetic engineering: Unknown
Have human generated variants been created, e.g. through genetic engineering and gene editing

Clinical features: Volpato et al. (2017): "Physiological characteristics include various degrees of deafness and visual impairments, and the notion that piebald camels with blue eyes may have audio and visual impairments is well known to African camel pastoralists".

Cite this entry

Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2017). OMIA:001638-9838: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA) [dataset]. https://omia.org/. https://doi.org/10.25910/2AMR-PV70

Reference

2017 Volpato, G., Dioli, M., Di Nardo, A. :
Piebald camels Pastoralism 7:3, 2017. Pubmed reference: 32269746. DOI: 10.1186/s13570-017-0075-3.

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  • Created by Frank Nicholas on 17 Mar 2017